Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

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Great actor. R.I.P.

They didn’t even need to do it this year. Two of the biggest box-office hits of the year will be nominated in the regular categories anyway: Barbie and Oppenheimer.

Concrete Utopia , South Korea (Um Tae-hwa) 8/10 - A huge devastating earthquake pretty much levels the entire city of Seoul leaving behind only one apartment building standing. Its residents fight for its survival. This is a very gripping and entertaining disaster flick with a lot more substance th...

For those of you who are wondering, since the inception of the Best International Feature category, only two non-English language and non-American films have gotten Best Picture nominations without a nomination for International Feature: Cries & Whispers and Il Postino . Additionally, I am fairl...

The Zone of Interest is the official International Feature submission of the UK.

A HAUNTING IN VENICE Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey, Jude Hill, Ali Kahn, Emma Laird, Kelly Reilly, Riccardo Scamarcio, Michelle Yeoh. Dir: Kenneth Branagh. Hercule Poirot now "retired" in Venice from murder investigations is lured back into actio...

I may have to adjust my predictions because Barbie is officially being submitted as an ORIGINAL screenplay. Of course, the final decision rests with the Academy but for now, that's where it's being pushed.

Marry My Dead Body , Taiwan (Cheng Wei-Hao) 6.5/10 - A homophobic police officer picks up a red envelope then finds himself in a ghost marriage with another man. And now they must solve a crime together. This is Taiwan's entry to the Best International Feature category. I have to say: It's a whole ...

GRAN TURISMO Cast: Archie Madekwe, David Harbour, Orlando Bloom, Djimon Honsou, Geri Halliwell, Takehiro Hira, Darren Barnet, Mauve Courtier-Lilley. Dir: Neill Blomkamp. This is based on the true story of Jann Mardenborough, a young man who excelled at the realistic PlayStation car racing video game...

Venice Film Festival awards predictions: Golden Lion: Poor Things by Yorgos Lanthimos Grand Jury Prize: Green Border by Agnieszka Holland Silver Lion for Best Director: Ava DuVernay, Origin Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Carey Mulligan, Maestro Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Mads Mikkelsen, The Promised Lan...

The official submission announcements are trickling in. The most surprising so far is Japan picking non-Japanese Wim Wenders' Perfect Days over Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron , Koreeda's Monster and Hamaguchi's Evil Does Not Exist . Chile is also forgoing Pablo Larrain's El Conde for The Settlers ...

PAST LIVES Cast: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro. Dir: Celine Song. Childhood sweethearts from South Korea get separated when the girl's family immigrates to Canada. Years pass and they reconnect and rekindle their love/friendship in their adulthood. I've heard so many positive things about this fil...

Before it was announced that it was moving to March 2024, Dune Part II was pretty much the front-runner for the Best Visual Effects Oscar. Now that it's out of the race until the following year, the Visual Effects race is now pretty much wide open. What will win? What will even get nominated? First ...

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He got as close to 100 without going over. R.I.P.

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM Cast: Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu, Brady Noon, Ayo Edebiri, Jackie Chan, Ice Cube, Maya Rudolph, Seth Rogen, John Cena, Paul Rudd, Rose Byrne, Natasia Demetriou, Giancarlo Esposito, Post Malone, Hannibal Burress (voices). Dir: Jeff Rowe. T...